Sectional radiator



Dec. 18, 1928.

F. M. YOUNG SECTIONAL RADIATOR l} ifi wililiirii Filed Sept. 17, 1926 Real ffyow gy.

Patented Dec. 18, 1 92s.

rnnn ivi. YOUNG, or RACINE, WISCONSIN, ASSIGNOR"-TO-HPERFEX conronnrion, RACINE, WISCONSIN, A. CORPORATION or Wisconsin.

mw* i SEGTIONAL RADIATOR.

. Application filed September 17, 1926. Serial No. 136,095.

This invention relates tosectional radia-j tors for internal combustion engines, and

more especially to such radiators particular.- ly adapted for use with heavy duty motor trucks, tractors and powerv units or plants.

Considerable racking and shock is 'im-' are subjected, experience has demonstrated that sectional radiatorsare the most economic type, because of the ease with" which they may be repaired without serious interference with normal operation. But sectional radiators, made up of long narrow core units, are particularly liable to in ury from such service strains and'vibration because of the weight of the water contained therein. and the fact that the effect of vibration is somewhat proportioned to the length as compared with the transverse dimensions of such a unit.

p The main object of this invention is to provide improved means for detachably securing the several radiator core sections to each other in such manner that each one will be braced by the others'without conflicting with ready replacement or repair of any unit.

A specific embodiment of theinvention is" illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is a front elevation, with distance breaks to reduce the height of the view,

Figure 2 is a sectional detail taken on line core section com rises a plurality of hori Zontally dispose fins 6 having apertures 7 throughwhich the vertically disposed water tubes pass. H y

Each of the radiator core sections has a plurality of outwardly projecting lugs or.

flanges 9alfixed to its opposite sides and apertured for bolts. The flanges of one core sec- :lLlOIl register with the flanges of each ad jacent core section. A yielding spacing memher ,or packing 10 adapted: to minimize the transmission or vibration from one section the registering flanges. Threaded bolts 11- passing through the alined apertures in the registering flanges together with'their nuts and spring lock washers serve to detach ably secure the several core sections to each other.

The radiator frame 4: may be secured to the floor of the building or chassis of the vehicle or frame of the power plant, in any.

to the next is preferably interposed between well known manner, as will-be understood. 7

Although but one specific form is herein shown and described, it will be understood that details thereof may be altered or omitted withoutdeparting from the spirit of the invention defined by the following claims.

Iclaim: v r I 11. A sectional radiator comprising headers, a plurality of independent and not directly communicating radiator core sections detachably secured to the headers, each core I section having flanges adjacent to its sides registering with the flanges of'adja cent core sections, and means for detachably I securing the registering flanges together. for connecting the sections at points between the headers. I

'2. A radiator comprising a pair of um ally spaced headers in combinationwith a closely set series of directly connected inter changeable oblong core sections which are tunctionally independent oi one another and which are connected'at their ends to said headersv wherewith they directly communicate and manually operable means to detach. ably secure said sections directly. to one anotherand to said headers, said sections having lengthwise outstanding side. flanges-to receive those said means which secure the sections directly to one another.

3. In a radiator of the character described a series of oblong and interchangeably re-.

lated core sections disposed side by side, said.

sections being mutually independent functionally and all having mutually abutting edge flanges dis osed transversely of the general plane of t a core section assembly and longitfldinally distributed manually operable means to releasably clamp adjacent pairs of said flanges together, and a pair of headers to which said sections are each detachably connected at their ends for communication therewith. 10 1 Signed at Racine this 25th day of August- FRED. M. YOUNG. 

